gardalinë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- gardelinë — northwestern Gheg, Shkodër
Etymology
From Italian cardellino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaɾdaˈlinə/
- Rhymes: -inə
- Hyphenation: gar‧da‧lí‧në
Noun
gardalinë f (plural gardalína, definite gardalína, definite plural gardalínat) (zoology)
- (originally Gheg, Shkodër, Tiranë) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gardalinë | gardalina | gardalina | gardalinat |
| accusative | gardalinën | |||
| dative | gardaline | gardalinës | gardalinave | gardalinave |
| ablative | gardalinash | |||
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “gardalinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “gardalinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 122